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Definition of Desistance
1. n. The act or state of desisting; cessation.
Definition of Desistance
1. Noun. (rare) The act or state of desisting; cessation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Desistance
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Desistance
Literary usage of Desistance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies in Diplomacy by Vincent Beneditti, comte Vincent Benedetti (1896)
"me the news of the desistance of Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern and placed before me
... For my part, I could not conceal from myself that the desistance, ..."
2. The Scots Revised Reports, [Court of Session]: Faculty Collection, 1807-1825 by Scotland Court of Session (1906)
"It is said, that he has got new grounds on which he is entitled to practise ; it
is reasonable that the bond of desistance required by the Faculty should be ..."
3. Cases Decided in the Court of Session by Scotland Court of Session, Patrick Shaw, Scotland, Court of Session (1837)
"... a list is produced of more than 80 bonds of desistance taken between ^ 1659
and 1701, by parties who attempted to violate their privileges, ..."
4. Decisions of the Court of Session: From November 1825 to [20th July 1841] by John Tawse, F. Somerville, John Craigie, George Robinson, Scotland Court of Session, Charles Gordon Robertson, Scotland High Court of Justiciary, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Faculty of Advocates (Scotland) (1838)
"... individuals practising in the county of Ayr, to which a doubt is now expressed
whether their privileges ever did extend. Where bonds of desistance were ..."
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